This isn’t my normal sort of post. I’m going to talk about my hair. I have mermaid hair and I don’t care. It isn’t really professional but students love it. Most people seem to. The question I get asked the most is, ‘Can I touch it?’ Sure if I know you. The second most popular question is, ‘How do you do that?’ And the third is, a statement, ‘That must cost a lot.’ I have (very) long hair. It’s past my waist. So yeah, if I went to a hair dressers and got this done it easily costs $300. However I only visit a salon once a year. The rest of the time my husband does it. This photo was from last week so you can see how faded I let it get. Supposably you are meant to bleach the roots every 6 to 8 weeks but I actually wait 10, once a term during the school holidays. Sometimes I will put colour through during the term if something special is happening, but otherwise I just let my roots show and some of the hair gets yellowy. You can see this in the above photo. We use vol.20 bleach and powder that we buy in bulk from a chemist in bulk. We use such a low number so it is more gentle in my hair, although it takes longer to get there. This is as pale as I bleach my roots. The flesh of a banana. However because I use such a dark and intense colour over this I usually bleach it to the colour of banana skin 🍌. I took it back this far today just to show you. Oh the things a blogger will do. I use Manic Panic, a mix of two colours - Enchanted Forest and Atomic Turquoise. The Enchanted Forest by itself runs for months, and I end up blue every time I shower. I actually like Atomic Turquoise by itself but I wanted my hair to be more teal. Above is Atomic Turtoise after I first got it put in by a real hair dresser. I think the hair dresser lied though and mixed in a bit of other colour to make sure she had enough to cover all of my hair. Hair dressers seem to underestimate how much hair I have. It’s fine, but there is so much of it! It’s actually very pretty but it fads quicker then my current mix. I only wash my hair once a week. During the week I use a dry shampoo, or I wear it up. To be honest my hair doesn’t seem to get dirty or oily because if I’m not washing away the natural oils then my hair sorts itself out. The photo below is as ‘oily’ as it gets, nothing a little dry shampoo can handle. I use whatever colour shampoo and conditioner is on sale. I buy double the amount of conditioner. I use only a small amount of shampoo for my scalp, and when I rinse the suds out I let it run over the length of the hair. I then condition it all. This ensures the hair scales flatten back down and hold the colour again. Let’s put it this way, when I shampoo my hair the water at the bottom of the shower is bright blue, as soon as the conditioner goes on it will run clear. I rinse and then I condition again, but this time I will leave enough of the conditioner in to leave my hair feeling slick, and this time avoid the roots of my hair. I usually air dry, and finger comb or use a wide toothed comb when my hair is damp. I not afraid to do things to my hair, I know that it will grow back eventually. I am currently growing back an undercut that I got 2 1/2 years ago as after A was born, my hair went nuts at the back. It was always knotty and as I was a baby wearing mum A could also pull on the shorter bits. Off it went! I started growing it back at the start of the year, and it’s already long enough to put up in a pony tail. Last October I chopped in a fringe because I felt like a change. I love having a fringe, but the upkeep and having to keep it nice just frustrates me. A myth that actually annoys me about dying hair is that if you bleach your hair, it will stop growing. That’s just not true. Your hair is already dead, bleaching doesn’t stop hair follicles from growing more. The issue I think is that over bleaching hair means that is is more prone to damage. That’s why I only ever bleach the roots, and that will slightly overlap the previous section of bleach. That small overlap on my hair will only be bleached twice EVER. I use coconut oil and/or argan oil on my hair. I just smooth some over the length every morning and night. I also use the coconut oil on Saturday night, just rub it all through my hair and leave it in over night in a bun. I wash it all out on Sunday during my weekly shampoo. Leaves my hair feeling soft and beautiful. I don’t have a problem with split ends. I rarely use a hair dryer or a flat iron. I think my hair looks awesome flat, but I’m too aware of the damage it will cause so I usually let my hair do it’s not really wavy thing. My hair before I started bleaching. Mousy brown with lots of grey, and a maroon box dye! I live for Crazy Hair Day fundraising days. I’ll leave you with one of my favourite photos of my hair.
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AuthorHi, I'm Pamela. A nail crazy lady with green hair. I live in outback Queensland with my toddler and my husband. I love books, writing and crafting. For more info about me go to my 'About' page. Archives
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